Martin Hirsch, director general of the Public Assistance-Hospitals of Paris (AP-HP) has appointed Bruno Riou crisis medical director for the Covid-19 epidemic, the institution announced on March 19 in a statement. The AP-HP crisis medical director coordinates the action of AP-HP hospitals and university hospital emergency groups (GHU), she said. “He advises the general manager of the AP-HP on crisis management and exceptional health situations.” Bruno Riou directed from 1999 to 2019 the emergency service of the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital and participated in the management of many crises in the past, including that of the recent attacks of November 13, 2015. Their role consists in particular in: the entire hospital medical component “,” ensuring that each sector has human and logistical resources “,” controlling and dimensioning the recall and replacement of staff “, etc.
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